Trust doesn’t announce itself.It doesn’t arrive with fireworks or dramatic promises.Trust is quiet. It lives in the everyday moments — in consistency, follow-through, and how truth is handled when it’s uncomfortable. Trust is not a one-way offering.It is not one person proving and the other judging.In a healthy relationship, trust runs both ways — givenContinue reading “Trust Runs Both Ways”
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Your Truth Doesn’t Need Their Permission (No Matter How Hard They Try to Rewrite It)
There’s a moment every gaslighted person knows—the moment someone looks you straight in the face and tells you the sky you watched turn red was actually blue.And for one terrifying second… you almost believe them. That’s the slow poison of minimizing your feelings.It doesn’t come crashing in like thunder; it creeps.A little “You misunderstood” here.AContinue reading “Your Truth Doesn’t Need Their Permission (No Matter How Hard They Try to Rewrite It)”
From Love Bombs to “Been Busy”: The Magical Disappearing Act
Let’s talk about one of the greatest illusions in modern dating:The person who starts off showering you with affection, attention, emojis, playlists, long texts, heartfelt confessions…and then poof!Suddenly they’re “busy.” In the beginning, they’re basically a romantic firework show.Good morning texts, good night texts, random “thinking of you” messages at 2 pm, 17 memes anContinue reading “From Love Bombs to “Been Busy”: The Magical Disappearing Act”
When Your Nervous System Knows Before You Do
You ever notice how your body figures out a relationship is sketchy long before your brain even clocks in for the day? Your intuition is basically that exhausted coworker waving a neon-red flag while your heart is in the back going, “But they’re cute…” Let’s talk about that moment—you know it—when you feel more anxiousContinue reading “When Your Nervous System Knows Before You Do”
Short Days, Short Tempers, and the Long Reach of the Christmas Spirit
As winter settles in, the days shrink like they’ve got somewhere better to be, and suddenly it feels like there’s barely enough daylight to make a cup of coffee, let alone muster up the “holiday cheer” every commercial insists we should be radiating. The sun taps out early, the cold taps in hard, and ourContinue reading “Short Days, Short Tempers, and the Long Reach of the Christmas Spirit”
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